Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyerand its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter often called "The Great American Novel"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 November 1835
CountryUnited States of America
book someday grammar
Which is him?" The grammar was faulty, maybe, but we could not know, then, that it would go in a book someday.
war boys people
But they (the infantry) had no use for boys of twelve and thirteen, and before I had a chance in another war, the desire to kill people to whom I had not been introduced had passed away.
inspirational humility humble
Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.
fire heaven looks
Words are only painted fire, a look is the fire itself. She gave that look, and carried it away to the treasury of heaven, where all things that are divine belong.
kings men facts
The fact is, the king was a good deal more than a king, he was a man; and when a man is a man, you can't knock it out of him.
camelot said
Bridgeport?" Said I. "Camelot," Said he.
soul religion world
One of the proofs of the immortality of the soul is that myriads have believed it. They also believed the world was flat.
said
I said nothing of the sort.
grateful long trying
A sincere compliment is always grateful to a lady, so long as you don't try to knock her down with it.
world speech oratory
There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.
inattention doe silent
Wilson stopped and stood silent. Inattention dies a quick and sure death when a speaker does that.
differences salary austin
To me [Edgar Allen Poe's] prose is unreadable—like Jane Austin's [sic]. No there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not Jane's. Jane is entirely impossible. It seems a great pity that they allowed her to die a natural death.
heart charity gentleness
Learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity.
baby real differences
Sufficient unto the day is one baby. As long as you are in your right mind don't you ever pray for twins. Twins amount to a permanent riot; and there ain't any real difference between triplets and a insurrection. - The Babies speech 1879